2014 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference
The full conference report from the 2014 Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference can be downloaded here.
Katelyn Houghton, C-IMAGE Student of the Month, September 2014
Katelyn Houghton is a MS student working on the impacts of oil and dispersants on bacterial productivity in the Gulf of Mexico. She is a student of Wade Jeffrey's out of the Department of Biology and the Center for the…
Kait Frasier, GoMRI Scholar
Grad Student Frasier is Learning What Dolphins Can Tell Us Kait Frasier listens to Gulf marine mammals to estimate how many there are and find out if their numbers are changing after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Kait sees dolphins as a…
Toxicity of DwH Oil and Corexit 9500 to Coral Larvae
Abstract Acute catastrophic events can cause significant damage to marine environments in a short time period and may have devastating long-term impacts. In April 2010 the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon (DWH) offshore oil rig exploded, releasing an estimated 760 million liters…
David Hastings travels to China
Dr. Jing Chen, student Yovela Wang, and Dr David Hastings at Xiamen University. David Hastings, C-IMAGE co-PI from Eckerd College, recently traveled to Hong Kong and to Xiamen University in China where he gave two seminars focusing on the research…
Patrick Schwing’s blog on forams is on the Smithsonian Ocean Portal
From the GoMRI Site: The Smithsonian Ocean Portal posted a guest blog by Patrick Schwing about GoMRI-funded research. Schwing is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, and member of the C-IMAGE and Deep-C…
Susan Snyder, GoMRI Scholar
Grad Student Snyder Cites Integrated Sciences as Key to Success C-IMAGE's Susan Snyder is the featured GoMRI Scholar this week on GoMRI's home page. The GoMRI Scholars Program aims to recognize the graduate students whose vital research contribute to…
Dr. Steve Murawski, NAS-OSB
Congratulations to Dr. Steve Murawski on his appointment to the National Academy of Sciences' Ocean Studies Board!! "I appreciate very much the opportunity to serve on the National Academy’s Ocean Studies Board. The Board is the premier independent evaluator of the…
MOSSFA in EOS, May 2014
A summary of the MOSSFA Town Hall Meeting from the GoMRI Conference appears in this week's EOS. The piece was written by Dr. Nancy Kinner, Laura Belden, and Peter Kinner. Read the full article here.
Corday Selden, success!
Corday Selden gave a superb presentation on "Correctional changes in benthic foraminifera abundance and sedimentary redox conditions after the Deepwater Horizon Blowout Event and successfully defended her senior thesis. She presented at the Sigma XI Research Symposium at Eckerd College,…
